Back in 2010, Jon Stewart — the Left’s favorite comedian — had a grand old time making fun of Tennesseeans who opposed a new mosque in Murfreesboro, casting opponents (many of whom were concerned that a mosque leader had posted photos supporting Hamas) as bigoted yokels. The spot was called “Tennessee No Evil.”
Now, let’s fast-forward to 2015 — after a second man radicalized in Tennessee attacked a recruiting station. Here’s Politico’s most recent cover story:
My own view is the truth lies somewhere between Stewart’s total dismissal of concerned Tennesseans and the argument that my home state truly is the capital of domestic jihad. But the idea that Tennessee citizens were idiots for expressing concern about radical mosques should have been plainly wrong even in 2010. After all, the year before a Tennessee man named Carlos Bledsoe attended a nearby Nashville mosque and attacked a Little Rock, Arkansas, recruiting station — killing one soldier and critically injuring another. But this is Jon Stewart we’re talking about, and he’s “indispensable” and such, so — really — who cares about the facts?